HYD-SEA *A economy award
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Curr Noob, Ex Road Warrior
Posts: 492
HYD-SEA *A economy award
Hi,
I am looking to book an economy award from HYD-SEA at the end of August and the dates are relatively flexible. What is the best way I can search on united website or expert flyer to find a low level saver ticket? What segments should I be looking for? I was looking for HYD-FRA-SEA on LH but that doesn't seem to be available. Is LH still running nonstop HYD-FRA segment? Also is the $75 close in fee only for flights with in 14 days or 21 days? Appreciate some pointers.
Thanks
Ik.
I am looking to book an economy award from HYD-SEA at the end of August and the dates are relatively flexible. What is the best way I can search on united website or expert flyer to find a low level saver ticket? What segments should I be looking for? I was looking for HYD-FRA-SEA on LH but that doesn't seem to be available. Is LH still running nonstop HYD-FRA segment? Also is the $75 close in fee only for flights with in 14 days or 21 days? Appreciate some pointers.
Thanks
Ik.
#2
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Monterey, CA
Programs: UA 1K 2MM
Posts: 74
Hi,
I am looking to book an economy award from HYD-SEA at the end of August and the dates are relatively flexible. What is the best way I can search on united website or expert flyer to find a low level saver ticket? What segments should I be looking for? I was looking for HYD-FRA-SEA on LH but that doesn't seem to be available. Is LH still running nonstop HYD-FRA segment? Also is the $75 close in fee only for flights with in 14 days or 21 days? Appreciate some pointers.
Thanks
Ik.
I am looking to book an economy award from HYD-SEA at the end of August and the dates are relatively flexible. What is the best way I can search on united website or expert flyer to find a low level saver ticket? What segments should I be looking for? I was looking for HYD-FRA-SEA on LH but that doesn't seem to be available. Is LH still running nonstop HYD-FRA segment? Also is the $75 close in fee only for flights with in 14 days or 21 days? Appreciate some pointers.
Thanks
Ik.
http://www.united.com/web/en-US/cont...ticketing.aspx
Another option to fly from HYD-SEA is taking TG via BKK. You might want to just play with a dummy booking on the website to see what is available. Checking on 28Aug there is saver availability HYD-BKK-NRT-SEA.
Good luck.
#3
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE, UA PLAT, EK GOLD, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 438
HYD-SEA *A economy award
You would be much better off trying to find something ex Bom or del. hyd doesn't have very many options. Also the dates you are looking for fall in the summer period with very little availability. If you are flexible try looking from mid sept onwards.
#4
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Curr Noob, Ex Road Warrior
Posts: 492
I am trying to have the travel completed as early as possible. My start is from HYD but I dont mind connecting via BOM/DEL or any other gateway as long as the HYD-Gateway is included in the ticket.
@SunBurntCountry Yes, I was looking at that as well and was about to reserve/hold it and the united website wouldn't recognize my US address for payment. Its a new address and united has problems recognizing it somehow.
@SunBurntCountry Yes, I was looking at that as well and was about to reserve/hold it and the united website wouldn't recognize my US address for payment. Its a new address and united has problems recognizing it somehow.
#5
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Monterey, CA
Programs: UA 1K 2MM
Posts: 74
I am trying to have the travel completed as early as possible. My start is from HYD but I dont mind connecting via BOM/DEL or any other gateway as long as the HYD-Gateway is included in the ticket.
@SunBurntCountry Yes, I was looking at that as well and was about to reserve/hold it and the united website wouldn't recognize my US address for payment. Its a new address and united has problems recognizing it somehow.
@SunBurntCountry Yes, I was looking at that as well and was about to reserve/hold it and the united website wouldn't recognize my US address for payment. Its a new address and united has problems recognizing it somehow.
#6
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP Gold75K
Posts: 850
I am trying to have the travel completed as early as possible. My start is from HYD but I dont mind connecting via BOM/DEL or any other gateway as long as the HYD-Gateway is included in the ticket.
@SunBurntCountry Yes, I was looking at that as well and was about to reserve/hold it and the united website wouldn't recognize my US address for payment. Its a new address and united has problems recognizing it somehow.
@SunBurntCountry Yes, I was looking at that as well and was about to reserve/hold it and the united website wouldn't recognize my US address for payment. Its a new address and united has problems recognizing it somehow.
Microsoft has a large presence at HYD. Is that why you're going from SEA?
LH stopped HYD service last fall. Now, you will need to take an itinerary such as:
UA-QR or AC-QR SEA-(IAH/IAD/JFK/YUL)-DOH-HYD
or
TG/ANA or TG/UA BKK-ICN-SFO or BKK-NRT-(SEA/SFO/LAX)-SEA (last leg if needed).
There are also connections via BKK/China, but the layovers are long.
Just today I booked a business class award for a friend and it was painful because of the phantom availability discussed in another thread about QR awards. I got LAX-YUL-DOH-HYD on AC/QR and HYD-BKK-NRT-LAX on TG/ANA. Includes the A380 from BKK-NRT.
Go to the UA website and book online. Phantom availability on QR will make this a difficult process. On the payment page, instead of paying, you should click on the link for phone reservations. If that gives you an error, it means that no seats are available. If it gives you a reservation number, then you can finalize the seat by going to "manage reservations" and purchasing the ticket (you need to pay the fees).
This will also help you weed out phantom availability on QR.
Last edited by iluv2fly; Aug 14, 2012 at 5:42 am Reason: merge
#7
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Curr Noob, Ex Road Warrior
Posts: 492
I was worried the only saver award on 28th would disappear so I eventually got it to ticket on TG/NH HYD-BKK-NRT-SEA routing. As I worried, as soon as I booked the ticket, the saver award disappeared.